Ok I will search it up. 
Spirited away is a beautiful film.
I tyink the first on eof his films I saw was Kiki’s Delivery Survice. I saw it when I was like 10 or so. The first anime movie I ever saw was Pokemon: The First Movie.
Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb: Absolutely brilliant! The jokes were hilarious, I loved the story, great direction. I really can’t spot anything wrong with it. It is now one of my favorite films of all time. 10/10.
^Awesome! I need to see that one.
I can accept that it’s a somewhat weaker movie in itself, but I personally LOVED Ponyo. Far from the best, yes, but maybe I really am just biased because it was the first ever Miyazaki movie I watched (and in theaters too) and I remember being so happy and excited when seeing it. However, Spirited Away is objectively better and I definitely recommend that everyone see it. It’s good first exposure to his movies too.
I definitely recommend it!
I also forgot to mention Peter Seller’s acting performance (as three different characters) was wonderful too.
I am going to watch that movie tonight. 
I agree that Spirited Away is a perfect first movie for people new to Miyazaki and Ghibli, though I’d probably suggest Totoro for young children.
I also like Howl’s Moving Castle. I remember seeing the trailers for it. Don’t think I saw it in theaters though. I did watch a lot of clips but I woulden’t watch the full movie to about 5 years later in Anime club.
To my memory, I’ve only liked Ghibli anime. I’m not a fan of Japanese animation in general.
Ghibli’s works, anyway, has such a quality, that they deserves all the praise they get.
They have a lot of masterpieces. I’m amazed nobody has mentioned Grave of the Fireflies yet.
Grave of the Fireflies IS amazing. I want to watch it again because the only time I watched it was when I was very little and all I remember from that experience was crying hysterically at the ending, lol. I could appreciate the artistic value of the story far better now.
I’ve seen my fair share of Japanese animated films and I actually have to agree. Aside from Ghibli and the late Kon Satoshi, most of the stuff just doesn’t appeal to me. But I have seen a movie here or there that I enjoyed. Very very few, though.
Grave of the Fireflies is one of my favorites. Actually my second favorite Ghibli movie is Whisper of the Heart, but I rarely hear people discuss it.
What about Akira?
The film has always been a somewhat unpleasant experience to me.
Totally agreeing with you here. I’m all for open mindedness, but Ghibli is the only Eastern animation I would compare with Pixar and Disney.
I think Akira is an intriguing movie, but I can see what you mean about it being unpleasant to watch. I kind of agree, although I think that’s part of its (limited) appeal.
I am open to the works of any country, because I’ll judge them solely for what they are, not the country they’re from. But I tend to resent most popular Japanese animation these days for an assortment of reasons. There are some anime series I still love and I’ll always make exceptions, but Ghibli’s filmmakers, Satoshi Kon and Osamu Tezuka are the only ones that I’d ever say are on-level with Disney or Pixar. Tezuka was essentially the Walt Disney of Japan.
With unpleasant I don’t mean I feel disgusted. It’s more that I feel completely uninterested, and even bored.
Don’t know why, I suppose it’s a strong cultural difference, but I simply didn’t enjoy it.
Nah, I can definitely understand that. The really good parts and pretty fascinating, but I think it’s a movie very devoid of atmosphere. Might also be the fact that I found the characters largely uninteresting and can barely even remember them.
I actually felt a combination of the content being unpleasant and also uninteresting. It’s easily one of the most overrated anime films I’ve seen. To clarify, however, some of my favorite films are violent, but there’s enough depth or artistic merit to justify such violence.
I actually liked Puss in Boots! One of the better Dreamworks films, though not one of the best at the same time. Simply put, I enjoyed it.
I haven’t seen it yet, I want to though^^.